Skelp – Never Say Never (hardhouse mix)

Another old hardhouse mix of mine dragged up from the archives. I think I recorded this in the summer of 2006, after a long break (possibly a year or so) from buying and playing this style. I had fully embraced both the sounds and the scene of techno, finding the hardhouse scene stagnating musically and the Scottish clubs to be full of absolute chumps. Every breakdown was accompanied by moronic football style chants, every dancefloor full of eejits with their tops off and there was often an unwelcoming, unfriendly atmosphere. This was a shame, as back in the golden years of 1997 – 2002(ish) it was a brilliant scene to be involved in, with crowds made up from all walks of life, all happy to be sharing the happy vibe (even if the music was often dark!). I blame hardstyle for the change, but that’s another story for another time…

Anyway, in the summer of 2006 I found a few tunes by accident that made me think that maybe, just maybe, there was a glimmer of hope for hardhouse (I was wrong). It inspired me to make a mix that took in some of my favourite hard tracks, and plotted a musical direction that I always tried to take with my longer sets, encompassing a few separate sub-genres, getting harder, darker and faster along the way and finishing on a toxic euphoric note. I reckon this mix does that – have a listen and let me know what you think.

2 Responses to “Skelp – Never Say Never (hardhouse mix)”

Thank you mate! This brings back the good ol’ days, when hard house was hard house and hardstyle was for shitty dj’s who couldn’t mix! Just hearing access again broings goosebumps to my skin! Immure made me shed a tear and an absolute ripsnorter with rock da spot by RR FIERCE (R.I.P.)
thank you for giving me back my youth (albeit just for a couple of hours)
Nice one,
Cheers!